Barry Goldwater
American army officer and politician
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About Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater was an American politician who served as the United States Senator for the state of Arizona from January 1953 to January 1987. As a member of the Republican Party, he became its nominee for the 1964 presidential election.
He was known for championing conservatism in the United States at a time when it seemed to be waning. During his time in office as a senator, he chaired the Intelligence and Senate Armed Services committees. Prior to his career in politics, he had served in the United States Army Air Force.
Family Life
He was born to Hattie Williams and Baron M. Goldwater. He had four children, one of whom is politician Barry Morris Goldwater Jr., with his first wife, Margaret Johnson, who passed away in 1985. His second marriage was in 1992 to Susan Wechsler.
Achievements
He was a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1986. He became a National Aviation Hall of Famer in 1982.
Death
In May 1998, two years after a massive stroke attack, he passed away at 89 years old.
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American business has just forgotten the importance of selling.Barry Goldwater
Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.Barry Goldwater
Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.Barry Goldwater
I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.Barry Goldwater
I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.Barry Goldwater
I think every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.Barry Goldwater
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.Barry Goldwater
I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.Barry Goldwater
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.Barry Goldwater
It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.Barry Goldwater
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.Barry Goldwater
The income tax created more criminals than any other single act of government.Barry Goldwater
Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?Barry Goldwater
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